OIL PAINT
Oil paint dries very slowly. Unlike acrylic paint which dries very quickly and acrylic paint was initially created as an underpainting medium for oil painting.
So it is perfectly stable to create a painting in acrylic and then place oil paint over the top.
LINSEED OIL ADDED TO OIL PAINT WILL EXTEND COLOUR, INCREASE FLOW AND INCREASE WORKABILITY. Oil Paint with added medium is called 'long'
OIL PAINT USED DIRECTLY FROM THE TUBE IS CALLED 'SHORT' OR STIFF'
YOU PLACE YOUR OIL PAINTS ON A WOOD BOARD CALLED A 'PALETTE' THE VERY BEST PALETTES ARE MADE OF PEAR WOOD.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PAINTS AND KNOW WHICH COLOURS ARE:
Transparent, (see through) Semi Opaque (slightly see through) and Opaque (non see through)
So you can achieve 'contemporary' works with certainty.
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GETTING STARTED
Only put as much oil paint on your brush for two strokes /three maximum.
Always end your brush stroke ON THE CANVAS
Use only Linseed oil when you are painting with the wet on wet method.
Do not confuse yourself with all the other mediums. When you start - discover those when you are more experienced.
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PREPARING YOUR CANVAS
It is essential that you put on a first 'underpainting' or 'wash' on your white canvas.
This takes away the glare of the white canvas (which reflects light back at you) and the more layers of paint you get onto your canvas - the more professional looking the painting, the more luminous the paint and the more the painting will 'sing'
This painting had a first underpainting of Paynes Grey and then many layers of oil paint 'stiff' - straight from the tube. Applied with a Painting Knife.
TRADITIONALLY AN 'EARTH' COLOUR of Burnt Umber or Raw Umber, Raw Sienna or an Ochre was put on as a first underpainting.
But it's pretty exciting to put down a bright red or a dark blue as a first underpainting. Especially if you put down three or four layers and let some of the underpainting come through your painting.
Use a big wash brush to apply the first underpainting. If you use acrylic as your underpaint - it will dry quickly and get you started quicker.
you can apply oil paint in two methods:
1. Wet on Wet or Alla Prima (In one go)
and
2. Stage Painting or 'Glazing' 'Fat Over Lean'
Wet on wet is applied by using the paint 'stiff' directly from the tube. Or thinned to the consistency of 'salad cream' with linseed oil.
The essential part of painting 'wet on wet' is making your brushes and painting knives work for you.
You have to have full control of your brush and EXPERIMENT with diffferent brushes to see the marks they make.
DO NOT WORK WITH TURPS - UNLESS YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE GLAZING METHOD. DO NOT STAND YOUR BRUSHES IN TURPS DURING YOUR PAINTING SESSION.
Turps burns the bristles and inevitably there will be some turps left in the brush when you go to use a colour. So you are not in control of the flow or thickness of paint. |
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The 'Glazing' technique is building up your painting in a series of
layers of thinned paint.
There is a specific method for the glazing technique with oil paint.
It is called 'Fat Over Lean'
LEAN 1st Layer. Thinned with solvent
LEAN 2nd Layer thinned with less solvent
LEAN 3rd layer thinned with less solvent
FAT 4th layer. Straight from the tube
FAT 5th Layer thinned with little linsed oil
FAT 6th layer thinned with more linseed oil.
and is essential to follow - or the layers of paint will dry at different levels and
crack the paint.
It is a slow method
and you need some patience
But the results are sensational.
'Tonal Values' are essential in painting and the glazing method gives you
full control of creating tones in acrylic paint.
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If you can afford the Professional paints - buy them you will
find them completely different to the 'student' paints.
Buy the best brushes you can afford. Da Vinci are the best
professional brushes.
Use long handled brushes and hold near the end of the handle. |
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HELPFUL TIP
'Talent' is the ability to Take Risks .
Play around with your paint BUT FIRST UNDERSTAND IT
Paint at an easel and 'stand back' from your painting all the time.
DO NOT PUT YOUR BRUSHES IN TURPS WHILST YOU ARE WORKING.
Just wipe them clean with paper towel or cloth.
Wash out your brushes in Turps or similar at the end of a session and
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